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Questions from the media can be directed to Jadeyn Sjaarda, Marketing & Communications Coordinator, via email or 605-274-6291. Thank you for the opportunity to share our story!

Baltic family moves into new home thanks to nonprofit via Dakota News NowFebruary 16, 2024.

Reliabank Business Beat: Habitat for Humanity via KELOLAND. December 7, 2023.

2 families get keys to Habitat twin home via KELOLAND. November 17, 2023

Habitat for Humanity celebrates 2 new homes, 1,000 people helped via Dakota News Now. November 17, 2023.

How Habitat for Humanity is building Sioux Falls’ workforce via Sioux Falls SimplifiedNovember 14, 2023.

In addressing housing affordability, partnerships lead to more options via Pigeon605. August 2, 2023.

Habitat for Humanity celebrates completion of 3 new homes via Dakota News Now. July 28, 2023.

Habitat for Humanity dedicates 3 new homes via KELOLAND. July 28, 2023.

Get smart about local housing needs with Rocky Welker via Sioux Falls Simplified. July 28, 2023.

Sioux Falls man prepares to move into his first home via KELOLAND. July 10, 2023.

Nothing But Smiles for New Homeowners via KELOLAND, November 18, 2022.

Habitat for Humanity back to work and looking for volunteers via KELOLAND. June 11, 2020.

The outbreak of COVID-19 caused a critical shortage of personal protective equipment across the country. Thanks to a generous donation from Habitat, Lifescape employees now have a more protection to combat the spreading epidemic. March 28, 2020

Future Habitat homeowner Emma looks forward to her new Habitat home with the Argus Leader. Volunteers from Harrisburg high school also share their experience working on the site. December 23, 2019.

Linda Watts, our very first homeowner, still lives in her Habitat house and shared her story on KELO in celebration of our 30th anniversary. September 20, 2019.

Vanessa Gomez with KSFY News donated her time on Celebrity Volunteer Day and did a live interview with the homeowner’s daughter to celebrate our 30th anniversary. September 18, 2019.

Marina Perets grew up in one of our first Habitat houses and shared her story on KELOLAND Living in celebration of our 30th anniversary. September 17, 2019.

In a kind gesture local family donates reusable home building materials from tornado ravaged home. KELO. September 13, 2019.

Fresh Farms (formerly the Fruit Club) chooses Sioux Falls Habitat for Giving Week. July 29, 2019.

Sioux Falls Ford Lincoln makes first ever and very generous donation of $30,000, which will help build a house in Harrisburg. KSFY. July 8, 2019.

Sioux Falls Habitat Young Professionals work to finish up the Dream Shed they’ll be raffling this summer. KSFY. July 1, 2019.

Painting volunteers needed this summer. KELO. July 1, 2019.

The Sioux Falls Habitat Youth Professionals’ Dream Shed is almost done and thanks to KELO for checking it out. June 26, 2019.

Hosting 70 volunteers from Grace United Methodist Church of Naperville will be one of the highlights of our summer. KELO. June 12, 2019.

Collegiate Challenge has returned to Sioux Falls! KSFY and KELO. May 31, 2019.

The dedication of our 160th house and the introduction of a Bank Build made the Argus Leader. Sioux Falls Business Journal. May 30, 2019.

SiouxFalls.Business featured our first ever Bank Build. May 28, 2019.

Fifty female volunteers set the foundation of two Habitat homes on our 12th annual Women Build Day. KSFY. May 4, 2019.

We have participated in Women Build Day since its inception in 2008. Keloland Living. May 3, 2019.

Thanks to Keloland Living for spotlighting the area’s premier upcycled art event, our ReStorAtion Art Auction. April 19, 2019.

We delivered the buddy benches with New Tech High to six local elementary schools! KELO. April 18, 2019.

Habitat art auction featured on In the Moment with Lori Walsh on SD Public Broadcasting. April 17, 2019.

KSFY Morning Show showcased our ReStorAtion Art Auction throughout the show! April 16, 2019.

Hogwarts-style house system at New Tech High leads to service project with Habitat, making buddy benches for elementary schools. Argus Leader. March 20, 2019.

SiouxFalls.Business covered graduation day at Sioux Falls Walmart Academy, including grant awards to Habitat Sioux Falls and Special Olympics SD. March 7, 2019.

Covering a house UNgroundbreaking in February doesn’t happen every day on KELO! February 26, 2019.

KELOLAND Living featured our ReStore, during Home Week. February 20, 2019.

The elementary school buddy benches got painted by the New Tech High students! KSFY joined us for phase two of this community project. February 15, 2019.

We dedicated our 158th house, helping 630 children since 1989! KELO News. January 18, 2019.

High school students built buddy benches for elementary schools with Habitat! Buddy benches are where grade schoolers can sit at recess for a friend to find them and play. Here is KELO’s story and KSFY’s.

Small group of volunteers help build over 100 Habitat houses! Argus Leader. November 28, 2018.

CTE House dedicated, which is our 157th Habitat Sioux Falls house! KSFY News. November 1, 2018.

Block Kids will be hosted at Habitat Sioux Falls this year. KSFY News. October 9, 2018.

KELO covered another Habitat family moving into their “forever home.” September 27, 2018.

Sanford Health is tearing down Medical Building 1 and donated all of the cabinets and such to our ReStore. August 29, 2018.

KELO coverage of the dedication of our first Art Auction House. May 18, 2018.

Thanks to the KSFY Morning Show for coming over and spotlighting our art auction! April 17, 2018.

We talked about our fifth annual art auction on KELOLAND Living. April 2, 2018.

Etc. For Her featured our ReStorAtion Art Auction on pages 24-25 of the April issue.

We had the privilege of hosting Wells Fargo and Governor Daugaard for the down payment assistance program announcement! KELO and KSFY  covered the event. November 30, 2017.

KELO helped us build this home and made it to the dedication. November 7, 2017.

We dedicated our 150th house and KSFY shared the story! October 20, 2017.

KSFY visited our last Thrivent Neighborhood Revitalization project, this summer. September 27, 2017.

KELO visited our Care-A-Vanners. August 1, 2017.

We use BuildBlock ICF and they featured us in their blog! June, 2017

We were featured in an article by Habitat International about volunteering! May 9, 2017.

Women Build Day 2017 makes the KSFY News. May 6, 2017.

Who knew getting up early to be on the KSFY Morning Show could be so fun! We talked about the upcoming ReStorAtion Art Auction. April 18, 2017.

The ReStorAtion Art Auction was featured on Inside KELOLAND. April 16, 2017.

Our art auction was included in the 100th Anniversary Issue of 605 Magazine! April, 2017.

KSFY News visited our ReStore for live spots during the morning show! January 23, 2017.

Our family selection process was featured on Eye On KELOLAND. January 22, 2017.

KELO visited our ReStore. January 9, 2017.

We’ve been awarded a 2017 KELOLAND Avera Tradition of Caring grant! December 19, 2016.

KSFY features the ReStore during their morning show! December 6, 2016.

KSFY donates office equipment to ReStore and features a story about it. November 29, 2016.

ReStore Recycles Big Event! on the KSFY morning show. November 9, 2016.

Navy Week made the Argus when Sailors worked with Habitat Sioux Falls. July 20, 2016.

Eide Bailly spent their Community Day with Habitat Sioux Falls for the sixth year in a row! Thanks to KELO for the quality coverage. July 14, 2016.

Groundbreaking with Abrehet and her children, KSFY coverage. July 12, 2016.

KELO made another visit to Habitat land and covered our Kum & Go House dedication. June 28, 2016.

KELO visited the RV Care-A-Vanners. June 20, 2016.

Our participation in National Women Build Week on KSFY. April 30, 2016.

The dedication of the Pope Francis House made KELO. April 4, 2016.

We spent Saturday morning, Sept 19, at the Helpline Center volunteer fair, as did the Argus Leader. September 19, 2015.

Habitat Sioux Falls is awarded Kum & Go house sponsorship! June 5, 2015.

We dedicated four homes on one street in one day. Block party!! Thanks to the Argus Leader for the coverage. December 30, 2014.

The Argus wrote a nice feature about the kick-off of our construction season. May 22, 2014.

Our art auction made another publication! It’s in the February-March issue of Sioux Falls Woman on pages 18 and 19.

Etc For Her wrote about our upcoming ReStorAtion Art Auction in the January issue. The article can be found on pages 68 -71.

The local paper in Canton featured an article about the ground breaking of the 4th Adams Thermal home in three years. August 16, 2013.